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- Associations Unlimited
- Biography & Genealogy Master Index
- Biography Resource Center
- Business & Company Resource Center
- Computer Database
- General OneFile collection with Academic, Business, Computer, Health, Student Edition
- Kids' InfoBits
- Literature Resource Center
- Opposing Viewpoints
Associations Unlimited
Contains information for several hundred thousand international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. For major U.S. national associations, provides full-text association materials such as brochures, pamphlets, and membership application forms.
Business owners can use this database to find industry associations and trade journals. Students can use it to find association websites and information on scholarships offered by some organizations.
Associations Unlimited covers the following:
- U.S. national associations
- International associations
- U.S. regional, state, and local associations
- Associations' Materials for selected national associations
- IRS Data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to more than 12.7 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books such as Who's Who, Oxford guides, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
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Biography Resource Center
The Biography Resource Center is a comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 185,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It contains approximately 250,000 biographies, and full-text articles from nearly 250 magazines and journals.
Use the basic search to find a person whose name you already know. Use the Biographical Facts search to find names of people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.
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Business and Company Resource Center
Business & Company Resource Center provides a wide variety of global business information, enabling users to efficiently research business case studies, competitive intelligence and career and investment opportunities. It also provides job seekers with information on prospective employers.
The database includes:
- Company profiles, including corporate parent/sibling relationships
- Industry ranking
- Products and brands
- Stock prices
- Investment reports
- Industry statistics
- Corporate chronologies and histories
- Consumer marketing data
- Emerging technology reports
- Industry newsletter news and analysis
- Business journal news and analysis
- Press releases
- Global coverage
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Magazine Articles - General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac)
Contains academic journal articles, magazine articles, and reference texts on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
Most files cover 1980 to the present. Publishers of some popular titles such as Consumer Reports require a delay up to 90 days after print publication before the text of an article appears online.
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You can also select specific parts of General OneFile, in order to narrow your search to a topic area:
Computer Database
Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news
and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering,
communications
and the application of technology.
Expanded Academic Index
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this
database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly
journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images.
General Business File
Access to a combination
of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company
directory listings with full text and images available.
General Reference Center
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in current
events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and
sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. Use General Reference Center to find
articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text
and images.
Health Reference Center
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition,
Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse,
HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended
for informational purposes only.
Student Edition
Formerly SuperTOM, this database is designed for high school students, with
access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference
books
for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health,
people, government, history, sports and more.
Literature Resource Center
Includes biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline (including poets, novelists, playwrights, songwriters, and screenwriters). Contains information from over 250 magazines and journals, plus sources such as the Encyclopedia of Literature, Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, featuring entries on all authors appearing in CLC since vol. 95 of the print series, Dictionary of Literary Biography Online, Scribners Writers Series, and Twayne's English Authors, US Authors, and World Authors.
Many reviews and essays in Literature Resource Center include excerpts from authors' works.
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Opposing Viewpoints
Includes the complete text of Opposing Viewpoints and other series, including Teen Decisions and At Issue. Use this database to find opinion essays and factual research information on current topics and social issues. Covers many high school paper topics, as well as general current events information useful for both adults and teens researching a subject of national or international interest. Resources in Opposing Viewpoints include full text of:
magazines- newspapers
- journals
- pamphlets
- primary source documents
- statistics
- student research tools
Note: Only a limited number of people can use this database at one time. If you get a busy message, try again in a few minutes.
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